Bollywood shocked over Rituparno Ghosh’s sudden demise

Bollywood fraternity expressed shock over the sudden demise
of noted Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh. He passed away this morning of
cardiac attack. He was suffering from pancreatitis.
Ghosh was 49.

He made many hit Bengali and Hindi movies. He made 19 movies
and won 12 National awards. Actors like Aishwarya Rai, Prosenjit, Jishu Sengupta,
Raima Sen and few more names had the opportunity to work with Rituparno. He won
National awards for films like ‘Dahan’, ‘Utsab’, ‘Dosor’, ‘The Last Lear’,’Shob
Charitro Kalponik’ and ‘Abohoman’, ‘Raincoat’.

His sudden demise has taken the film industry with a blow. Celebrities
took to twitter to express their grief.

Shyam Benegal said, “Rituparno followed the legacy initiated
by stalwarts like Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen. He had a high sense of aesthetic
and had a great ability of tell stories and handle actors. There is hardly any
flaw in his kind of filmmaking. His passing away is a huge loss to the film
industry.”

Echoing Madhur Bhandarkar's sentiments and remembering the pleasant time they
had together, actress Divya Dutta tweeted, "Shocked to hear about Rituda!
Not sinking in! Fondest memories of working wth him in the Last Lear!
RIP."

Film director Onir expresses regret over Rituparno's death. He tweeted,
"His passing away will be a big loss not only to lovers of cinema and art , but a huge loss to the LGBT community." He added, " Last met him at
the day of the National awards. He was radiant and happy like a child."

Still not able to come in terms with Rituparno's death, Tamil actor Arvind
Swami tweets, "Saddened and shocked to hear that Rituparno Ghosh has
passed away at such a young age. A great loss for Indian Cinema."

Rituparno ventured into filmmaking with ‘Hirer Angti’. Rituparno lived life on
his terms.